Ranvir Singh left sobbing after ITV axe

Ranvir Singh was left sobbing in a park after being axed by ITV.

The 45-year-old star - who is now one of the channel's top stars - revealed she was devastated after leaving the BBC for ITV and then being let go.

She told the 'Sliding Doors' podcast: "I had a very secure job with BBC job with a pension and everything.

"I got headhunted to go to ITV. So I give up this whole secure life at the BBC and my friends and my life in Manchester to move to London, essentially, for a contract.

"It was a two-year contract. But I always remember being in the newsroom at the BBC and looking up at the little television and thinking, 'I want to know what it's like to be there [on national TV]'.

"'I'm there, 15 months into the job. The programme gets a whole rebrand and I'm not a part of their plans.

"I found out at 10 o'clock in the morning and by 10.30 am and email had gone out."

However, an important phone call helped Ranvir on the path to today's success.

She said: "There's me crying in a park with my little son and My phone rings and it's John Stapleton - a long-term 'GMTV' presenter.'

"He told me not to complain, carry on turning up and to do my job."

Ranvir went on to be offered 'News at Ten', along with hosting slots on 'GMB' and 'Lorraine'.